35 of the Best Audiobooks to Transport You to Another World

Whether you're commuting to work, folding laundry, or doing any of the other countless multitasking opportunities in your day, audiobooks can satisfy your reading cravings. With the spoken word, you can take a break from scrolling through social media and engage with a story like never before. Below, you'll discover a variety of audiobooks to pique your interest, from classic novels with legendary narrators to juicy coming-of-age stories that are just as exciting to listen to as they are to read.

  1. Doppelganger by Naomi Klein (2023)
  2. Solito by Javier Zamora (2022)
  3. How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee (2018)
  4. The Mothers by Brit Bennett (2016)
  5. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (2022)
  6. Cinder by Marissa Meyer (2012)
  7. The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo (2019)
  8. City of the Lost by Kelley Armstrong (2016)
  9. Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson (2022)
  10. Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah (2016)
  11. Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer (2020)
  12. Know My Name by Chanel Miller (2019)
  13. Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond (2023)
  14. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien (1954)
  15. Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (2019)
  16. I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy (2023)
  17. Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke (2018)
  18. The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen (2015)
  19. Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris (2000)
  20. The Idiot Girl Grappling with Happiness by Elif Shafak (2013)
  21. The Body Where I Was Born by Guadalupe Nettel (2015)
  22. The Light We Lost by Jill Santopolo (2016)
  23. The Low Passions by Joan Silber (2017)
  24. Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner (1926)
  25. The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (1984)
  26. Hunger by Roxane Gay (2017)
  27. The Power by Naomi Alderman (2017)
  28. City of Girls by Elizebeth Gilbert (2019)
  29. The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel (2020)
  30. The Cousins by Karen M. McManus (2021)
  31. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (2022)
  32. How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee (2018)
  33. The Mothers by Brit Bennett (2016)
  34. Solito by Javier Zamora (2022)
  35. Doppelganger by Naomi Klein (2023)

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